Offered through Klein Global Opportunities (Klein GO) and taught outside of the U.S. This course is an immersive study of media and communication institutions, practices, norms, societal, governmental, and legal structures in a culture outside of the U.S. that is conducted during a Klein GO! program. Klein faculty lead students, while living abroad, in media consumption, in comparative analysis and evaluation of media and non-mediated communication, in interaction with local media and communication leaders in the program location. The specific aspects of media and communication to be covered will vary from city to city, and semester to semester, depending on the events of the day. NOTE: Available only to student participating in a Klein GO! Program. For more information and an application: students should visit the Klein GO! web site at https://temple-smcsa.terradotta.com.

In Summer 2025, this course will be offered in Rome (last two weeks in Bologna). Spend six weeks learning and living in one of the most magical countries in Europe. You’ll spend the first four weeks in the vibrant cinematic city of Rome exploring its rich film tradition, including a visit to the famous Ciné Citta Studios. This part of the course will focus on filmmaking in the capital city of Rome—we will study a broad range of films set in Rome by Italian directors, including Calvalcanti, Fellini, Pasolini, Visconti, and Wertmüller, as well as look at Italian American filmmakers such as Coppola and Scorsese for whom Italy plays a major role in their cinematic oeuvre. We will visit neighborhoods in which films were made outside of the studio and visit a dubbing lab. The last two weeks of the course will shift to the Cinema Ritrovato film festival in Bologna. Initiated by Scorsese as a means by which to preserve and showcase both classical and lesser-known films from around the globe, Cinema Ritrovato constitutes one of the most important film festivals honoring the importance of the medium as a major art and cultural form. We will explore the politics of exhibition and trace a history of festivals—what gets included, what are the processes and politics of restoration, how are canons formed? In addition to a festival pass, we will visit a restoration lab and a film museum.